GRANDFATHER HORRIFIED AS SCHOOL LOCKS BATHROOMS BEHIND METAL CAGES

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Grandfather horrified as school locks bathrooms behind metal cages

Grandparent says locking students out of bathrooms is 'going too far'

By Teny Sahakian Fox News

Published March 27, 2024 3:00pm EDT

 

A grandparent was outraged after a school in the United Kingdom installed metal cage-like doors to bathroom entrances to prevent students from using the restroom during class.

 

"School is supposed to be a safe place for kids, and it is supposed to be a relaxed environment, but how it is a relaxed environment when they are locked up?" grandparent Ian Ward told Coventry Live.

 

Ward, whose six grandchildren attend the Foxford Community School in Longford, England, said the school installed "cage doors" on March 6 to stop kids from using the bathroom during class and without supervision. He said his grandkids were 'upset' over the change, which applies to students in years seven through 11.

 

"Kids are only allowed to go to the toilet under supervision, which is totally wrong," Ward, 54, said. "It is taking away the freedom of being able to use the toilet as and when you need it."

 

A spokesperson for the school told Coventry Live: "We have recently installed metal doors to two toilet areas, these are not cages and the doors are unlocked before and after school, as well as at break and lunchtimes."

 

A photo Ward took shows a locked metal door blocking the restroom. The grandfather said prior to the jail-like door installments, the school had already begun locking the bathroom stall doors, but began barricading the entire restroom a few weeks ago.

 

"What if a child is on their period or has problems holding for a long time?" Ward asked. "I understand they have problems with kids in toilets, but to put metal doors on them is just going too far."

 

Ward called the move "disgusting" and said there are other ways the school can monitor students during class besides barring them from accessing the restroom.

 

"Having somebody sit by the toilets at certain times, and if there is a problem then someone is close by," he told Coventry Live. "There is no need to lock them and say you are not using them."

 

Foxford Community School did not immediately respond to Fox News’ request for comment. 

FORMER PRICE IS RIGHT PRODUCER REVEALS PROTOCOL FOR WHEN EXCITED CONTESTANTS PEE THEIR PANTS

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Former Price is Right Producer Reveals Protocol for When Excited Contestants Accidentally 'Pee Their Pants'

A former 'Price is Right' producer tells PEOPLE some of the show's behind-the-scenes secrets, including how they have protocols in place in case contestants pee their pants

By Gillian Telling  Published on March 23, 2024 10:00AM EDT

 

The idea of being on national television and winning big bucks is pretty exciting, no matter who you are.

 

This is why there used to be a protocol in place, in case contestants got a little too enthusiastic when their names were called to come up and play, and they accidentally wet their pants, according to a former Price is Right producer.

 

"When I got there, they had a system in place in case someone peed their pants," former producer Mike Richards tells PEOPLE.

 

Richards, who worked behind the scenes at places like Dick Clark productions and Jeopardy!, was at Price is Right as it transitioned from the Bob Barker-hosting era to the Drew Carey-hosting era.

 

"I never saw it happen, but there were curtains and a blow dryer and [a] pair of sweats just in case, since we'd have to get on with the show," he recalls.

 

Richards has so many interesting stories from his days as a game show producer, including his short time at Jeopardy!

 

"A lot of people don't know that before each show, Alex Trebek would walk out and give a little speech, he says. "Not an interview, just a little speech. And no one helped him with that. It was never on a prompter. He just went out and did it, and we had no idea what he was going to say. And every time it sounded like he has spent months writing it. He was just so gifted."

 

Richards also worked at Let's Make A Deal when it first launched with Wayne Brady as the host.

 

"We shot that first season in Las Vegas, and it was in August," he recalls. "And the studio did not have enough air conditioning for August in Vegas. It was like 99 degrees in there, and everyone was just sweating through their clothes."

 

However, armpit stains were the least of their concerns.

 

"It was 2008. The economy was collapsing. People were sneaking in and sleeping in our bedroom sets," he says.

 

"I'll also never forget one time the audience coordinator ran up to me and said we only had 15 people in the audience for a 280-person theater. I was like, 'Oh great,'" he continues. "And then, someone else came up to me and said 'Somebody just drove a forklift through the back of the Porsche we were going to give away as the big deal of the day.' The executive producer looks at me and goes, 'I got the Porsche. You get the audience.'"

 

Richards says he ran across the street into the MGM Grand and began recruiting guests to come to the taping. "I was like, 'You'll get a prize!'" He somehow managed to fill the theater.

 

"At the end of the day, it all looks like a big polished network production, but there were times we were grappling to get it done," he says.

 

Richards recently opened up to PEOPLE about losing his job as the new host of Jeopardy!, as well as the ongoing search for a new host, which eventually went to Ken Jennings.

 

He notes that people have told him he should write a book about all the wild things he's seen working at game shows, but he's only interested in writing about working with his mentors.

 

"If I wrote a book, it would be as a fan," he explains of getting the chance to work with people like Dick Clark, Bob Barker, Monty Hall, Pat Sajak and of course, Trebek. "Unless it's about those people? I'm not interested."

RUGRATS S 1 E 4 BABY COMMERCIAL/LITTLE DUDE

Here's an episode of "Rugrats" that brings back childhood memories and contains a lot of diaper content. 

DO YOU SAY TOILET TRAINING OR POTTY TRAINING?

Growing up in Ontario, Canada, the process of teaching a child to go to the bathroom was always referred to as toilet training. As I grew up and watched TV, it seemed that potty training was the phrase used by Americans for this, though it also seems I have heard more Canadians, in the media and in real life, use the latter phrase in the past few decades.

I personally use both interchangeably. 

I once read an article in a UK parenting magazine that treated them as two separate things. It had a section about how to get a little one from diapers to a potty, and then another section on how to move them from using that potty to a regular toilet.

KIM'S CONVENIENCE AND ELIMINATION COMMUNICATION

With this scene, CBC once again proves its hypocrisy. They constantly talk about multiculturalism and cultural sensitivity, but here prove themselves to be the ignoramuses they are. Elimination communication has been traditionally practiced in Korea, so Mr. Kim would have known all about and been down with it. 

Probably in real life that scene would have been like:

"Afternoon, Mr. Kim. Just coming in to pot the baby."

"Go right ahead." 

ABSENCE OF CHANGING TABLES IN MEN'S ROOMS

I agree with this news story that there should be more men's washrooms with changing tables, but I am also wondering how many women would really make a  big deal of it if a guy, employing proper etiquette  of course, went into a women's washroom to change his kid.

Incidentally, it seems pretty screwed up the ladies room of a doctor's office wouldn't have a changing table. 

MY VAGINA SAID WHAT-PEEING: HEY THERE ACCIDENT!

For crying out loud, girls, do something about it already. Wetting yourself, whether dribbling or full-on going in your pants, as well as having to pee tiny amounts every hour or so, may be more common than realized but it is not "normal" or healthy.

Listen to it here.